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U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW)

OVW Fiscal Year 2018 Training and Technical Assistance

Initiative Solicitation

Release Date: on or about January 3, 2018

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are generally limited to national, tribal, statewide, or other nonprofit organizations with the capacity to provide nationwide training and technical assistance.

In limited circumstances, OVW may support institutions of higher education and state, local, or tribal governments or governmental agencies (e.g., police departments, prosecutor’s offices, or probation departments) or local nonprofit organizations.

(See “Eligibility Information”)

Deadlines

Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (E.T.) on February 15, 2018.

(See “Submission Dates and Times”)

Registration Information: To submit an application, all applicants must obtain a Data Universal Number System (DUNS) Number, and register online with the System for Award Management (SAM) and with Grants.gov. To ensure sufficient time to complete the registration process, applicants must obtain a DUNS Number and register online with SAM and with Grants.gov immediately, but no later than, January 25, 2018.

(See “Registration”)

Letter of Registration: Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a letter of registration to OVW.TechAssistance@usdoj.gov by January 25, 2018. This will ensure that applicants are http://www.grants.gov/ ii well-positioned to successfully submit an application by the deadline. Submitting a Letter of Registration will not obligate a potential applicant to submit an application. Interested applicants who do not submit a Letter of Registration are still eligible to apply.

(See “Letter of Registration”)

Pre-Application Information Sessions: OVW will conduct one web-based Pre-Application Information Session for entities interested in submitting an application for the OVW Training and Technical Assistance Initiative. Participation in this session is optional. Interested applicants who do not participate are still eligible to apply.

(See “Pre-Application Information Sessions”)

Contact Information

For assistance with the requirements of this solicitation, email OVW at OVW.TechAssistance@usdoj.gov . Alternatively, interested parties may call OVW at (202) 307- 6026.

Submission and Notification Information

Submission: Applications for the Training and Technical Assistance Initiative will be submitted through Grants.gov. For technical assistance with Grants.gov, contact the Grants.gov Customer Support Line at 1-800-518-4726.

The Grants.gov number assigned to this announcement is OVW-2018-14107.

Notification: OVW anticipates notifying all applicants of funding decisions by October 1, 2018.

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Contents A. Program Description

Overview

About the OVW Training and Technical Assistance Initiative

Program Scope

Purpose Areas

Mandatory Program Requirements

Activities that Compromise Victim Safety and Recovery and Undermine Offender Accountability

Out-of-Scope Activities

Unallowable Activities

B. Federal Award Information Availability of Funds

Award Period

Award Amounts

Types of Applicants

C. Eligibility Information Eligible Applicants

Eligible Entities

Nonprofit Organization Requirement – Offshore Accounts

Cost Sharing or Match Requirement

Other Program Eligibility Requirements

Limit on Number of Applications

D. Application and Submission Information Address to Request Application Package

Pre-Application Information Session

Content and Form of Application Submission

Letter of Registration

Application Contents

Formatting and Technical Requirements

Application Requirements

Summary Data Sheet

Proposal Abstract (not scored) iv

Status of Current Project

Project Narrative

Budget Detail Worksheet and Narrative

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

Letters of Support

Additional Required Information

Unique Entity Identifier (DUNS Number) and System for Award Management (SAM)

Submission Dates and Times

OVW Policy on Duplicate Applications

OVW Policy on Late Submissions

Intergovernmental Review - Single Point of Contact Review

Funding Restrictions

Other Submission Requirements

Submitting a Grant Application

E. Application Review Information Criteria

Review and Selection Process

Anticipated Announcement and Federal Award Dates

F. Federal Award Administration Information Federal Award Notices

Administrative and National Policy Requirements

Reporting

G. Federal Awarding Agency Contact(s) H. Other Information

Application Checklist

APPENDIX A

Budget Guidance & Sample Budget Detail Worksheet

APPENDIX B

Sample Letter of Registration

APPENDIX C

Disclosures of Process Related to Executive Compensation

APPENDIX D

Summary of Current and Recent OVW Projects

APPENDIX E

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Summary of Current and Pending Non-OVW Grants to Do the Same or Similar Work

OVW Training and Technical Assistance Initiative

(CFDA 16.526)

A. Program Description Overview The Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) is a component of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). Created in 1995, OVW implements the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and subsequent legislation and provides national leadership on issues of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. Since its inception, OVW has supported a multifaceted approach to responding to these crimes through implementation of grant programs authorized by VAWA. By forging state, local, and tribal partnerships among police, prosecutors, judges, victim advocates, health care providers, faith leaders, organizations that serve culturally specific and underserved communities, and others, OVW grants help provide victims, across their life span, with the protection and services they need to pursue safe and healthy lives, while improving communities’ capacity to provide justice for victims and hold offenders accountable.

About the OVW Training and Technical Assistance Initiative This program is authorized by 34 U.S.C. 12291(b)(11). The primary purpose of the OVW Training and Technical Assistance Initiative (TA Initiative) is to provide direct technical assistance to existing and potential grantees and sub-grantees to enhance and support their efforts to successfully implement projects supported by OVW grant funds. OVW’s TA Initiative is designed to build and enhance the capacity of civil and criminal justice system professionals and victim service providers across the nation to respond effectively to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking and foster partnerships among organizations that have not traditionally worked together to address violence against women.

For additional information on the TA Initiative, including what past technical assistance cooperative agreement recipients have accomplished with their grant funds and to view the TA Initiative performance measures and grantee-reported data, see http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/vawamei/taprovidergraphs.htm.

Program Scope Activities supported by the TA Initiative are determined by statute, federal regulations, and OVW policies. If an applicant receives an award, the funded project is bound by the provisions of this solicitation, the DOJ Financial Guide, including updates to the guide after an award is made, and the conditions of the award. All applicants must propose to serve the current or potential grant or sub-grant recipients of one or more OVW grant programs. OVW cannot support projects focusing on entities or individuals that are not eligible to receive funding, services, training, or other resources through any of OVW’s grant programs.

Purpose Areas In FY 2018, funds under the TA Initiative may be used for the purposes identified in this solicitation. There are three categories of technical assistance in FY 2018: Targeted;

Competitive Comprehensive; and Non-Competitive Comprehensive.

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Applicants must submit separate and distinct applications for each purpose area for which they are applying. For example, an applicant interested in applying to provide training and technical assistance on culturally relevant services for communities of color should apply separately if it also wants to provide trial advocacy and/or litigation skills training for attorneys.

Targeted Technical Assistance The vast majority of OVW’s TA Initiative awards fall under the “targeted” category. These targeted purpose areas are typically discrete issue areas intended to provide current and potential OVW grantees and sub-grantees with training and technical assistance related to a specific knowledge gap or promising practice. Targeted technical assistance purpose areas are intended to provide in-depth technical assistance on a narrow topic within one or more of the crimes addressed by OVW grant programs. In FY 2018, all targeted purpose areas are competitive, and, as such, these applications will be subject to peer review and programmatic review. OVW may make awards to multiple organizations for a targeted purpose area, or OVW may determine not to make an award for a targeted purpose area if there are no applications that effectively meet the need for the purpose area or if there are not sufficient funds to fully support the purpose area.

Note: OVW will support only the targeted training and technical assistance projects identified in this solicitation. Applications proposing to develop targeted technical assistance projects for issues other than those listed below will be removed from consideration.

Comprehensive Technical Assistance (Competitive and Non-competitive) To promote the consistent delivery of technical assistance for certain grant programs, professions, and core/critical areas, OVW has identified some purpose areas as comprehensive. If OVW designates a purpose area as comprehensive, the funded project is eligible for an initial competitive award and non-competitive supplemental funding for a total award period of up to 5 years, provided there is acceptable performance by the technical assistance provider. Demonstration initiative comprehensive awards are for the life of the demonstration initiative, provided the technical assistance provider has demonstrated acceptable performance.

Typically, each OVW Comprehensive Technical Assistance award is competed every five years, with the exception of demonstration initiatives. Non-competitive supplemental funding for comprehensive technical assistance projects for the limited duration of five years balances OVW’s need to maintain a continuity of core technical assistance with the need for fair and open competition. If sufficient funding remains in an active comprehensive award to extend the project’s award beyond five years without supplemental funding, OVW may elect to extend the award period. However, the next anticipated funding cycle will be competitive. The projects listed on the Non-Competitive Comprehensive Technical Assistance chart below are still within their five year non-competitive award period.

Those applicants that have been identified as eligible for non-competitive comprehensive continuation funding will receive an e-mail invitation from OVW to apply for supplemental funding through the FY 2018 TA Initiative. Applications must be submitted by the February 15, 2018 deadline. The scope of each non-competitive comprehensive award will be based on the need to continue and/or enhance the project’s goals and objectives. Additionally, applicants submitting applications for a non-competitive comprehensive award must follow the application requirements laid out in this solicitation.

OVW has identified some projects as “resource centers” for certain topic areas (e.g., stalking).

These projects do not focus on a specific grant program or profession but instead provide training and technical assistance across all OVW grant programs, disciplines, and potential grantees and sub-grantees. OVW-supported Technical Assistance Resource Centers are expected to maintain robust websites with up-to-date information and resources on promising practices and implementation tools. Technical Assistance Resource Center staff must be well-versed on the relevant issues for the topic area and able to deliver effective subject-matter training and technical assistance at the local, tribal, state, and national levels. OVW Technical Assistance Resource Centers should, at a minimum, provide OVW with a biennial report on progress to improve the nation’s handling of their subject areas.

Note: OVW will support only the Comprehensive training and technical assistance projects identified in this solicitation. Applicants requesting to develop comprehensive projects for issues other than those listed below will be removed from consideration.

OVW also requests that applicants applying to provide targeted technical assistance refrain from using the word “comprehensive” in their project titles.

For each FY 2018 purpose area, OVW has projected the amount of funding available to support technical assistance efforts under that purpose area and the proposed project period. Applicants should not exceed the stated budget cap. OVW reserves the right to make awards for greater or lesser amounts and to make multiple awards addressing a single purpose area. Additionally, OVW reserves the right to not make an award for a specific purpose area.

Note: Applicants must be willing to work closely with OVW on the implementation of their projects, including the possibility of modifying project activities at OVW’s request in order to address an emerging issue.

FY 2018 Targeted Technical Assistance Purpose Areas

FY 2018 Targeted Technical Assistance Purpose Areas Purpose

Area Purpose Area Content Budget Cap

1) Legal Services for Human Trafficking Victims

Provide specialized training and technical assistance to attorneys and legal advocates on providing legal representation and assistance to victims of sex trafficking and other severe forms of trafficking in persons who have also experienced sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and/or stalking.

$300,000/ 24 months

2) Non-Lawyer Legal Advocacy

Provide training and technical assistance to enhance and expand the capacity of non-attorney legal advocates working with survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. Training should include three in-person training sessions, one per year of the award, and should also include remote training sessions, as well as individualized technical assistance for grantees. Applications from national organizations and state coalitions will be considered.

$500,000/ 36 months

3) Privacy and Confidentiality for Attorneys

Provide training and technical assistance to OVW-funded attorneys on the confidentiality and privacy needs of victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. Technical assistance should include in-person and remote training sessions, the development of resources and tools, as well as individual consultations with grantees.

$600,000/ 36 months

4) Sexual Assault Training and Technical Assistance for Attorneys

Provide basic and advanced training and technical assistance to attorneys on representing victims of sexual assault. Technical assistance should address civil legal remedies for sexual assault victims, as well as assisting victims in navigating the criminal justice system. Training and technical assistance must include the facilitation of a mentoring relationship between the technical assistance provider and the individual grantees or between grantees.

$600,000/ 36 months

5) Civil Litigation Provide trial advocacy and/or litigation skills training for OVW-funded attorneys. Training and technical assistance should enhance the skills of both new and experienced attorneys litigating civil cases involving sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. Activities should include regional in-person trainings, webinars and other forms of remote training, and individualized technical assistance.

$800,000/ 36 months

6) Custody Litigation

Provide specialized regional trainings and technical assistance to OVW-funded attorneys to increase custody litigation skills. Trainings should include basic and advanced custody litigation curricula: the basic curriculum should be designed for new attorneys and attorneys new to litigating custody cases involving sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking, and the advanced curriculum should be designed for attorneys that have completed the basic custody litigation training and/or who have significant experience litigating custody cases involving sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking.

$500,000/ 36 months

7) Addressing

LGBTQ

Individuals' Access to Legal Services and the Justice System

Provide training and technical assistance to attorneys, advocates, and prosecutors on access to legal services, as well as the criminal and civil justice systems, for sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking victims who identify as LGBTQ.

$425,000/ 24 months

8) Men’s Gathering/ Men’s Work in

Provide training and technical assistance to tribal governments and tribal non-profit organizations that provide services for victims of domestic and

$400,000/ 24 months

Tribal Communities sexual violence, including facilitating national annual tribal men’s gathering. The gathering should provide an opportunity for learning, sharing, and strategizing collaborative approaches to addressing efforts to end violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women, children, and families, as well as those who identify as LBGTQ and persons with disabilities.

9) Alaska-based Tribal Technical Assistance

Develop and implement culturally-tailored training and technical assistance for Native villages in Alaska. Training curricula developed must be specific to the cultural, linguistic, and resource needs of villages and address the unique challenges that Alaska Native villages experience when responding to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking. Deliverables must include the development of resources, individualized on-site technical assistance, and presenting an annual workshop for OVW tribal grantees.

$400,000/ 24 months

10) Addressing Sexual Assault in Tribal Colleges

Provide culturally specific training and technical assistance to tribal colleges on planning and implementing holistic responses to serving American Indian and Alaska Native youth and adult victims of sexual assault within the campus environment.

$600,000/ 36 months

11) Project Development for Tribal Governments

Provide training and technical assistance to Tribal Governments Program grantees on data collection, analysis, and the use of data to develop projects. Applications should specifically focus on increasing the ability of tribes to understand the scope and impact of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking resources for their community and improving tribes’ ability to respond effectively.

$300,000/ 24 months

12) Improving Responses for American Indian and Alaska Native Populations Residing Within Urban Locations

Provide training and technical assistance on improving victim services and justice responses for American Indian and Alaska Native populations residing within urban locations. OVW is seeking applicants that have experience with implementing culturally specific strategies and approaches in working with non-tribal and tribal victim service programs that serve American Indian and Alaska Native victims residing in urban communities.

Applicants should provide training and educational opportunities that focus on addressing the unique challenges experienced by Native victim in urban communities and improving coordination and

$350,000/ 24 months service provision between both non-tribal and tribal organizations.

13) Working with Children in a Supervised Visitation Programs

Provide intensive training to grantees on working with children in a supervised visitation setting with families who have a history of domestic violence to improve their safety, resilience, and well-being.

$200,000/ 24 months

14) Language Access and Courts

Provide training and technical assistance to courts, court-based programs, and service providers seeking to ensure meaningful language access for litigants with limited English proficiency involved in sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and/or stalking matters.

$300,000/ 24 months

15) Court Staff Training and Technical Assistance

Provide training and technical assistance to court staff, including court clerks, court administrators, mediators, and guardians ad litem, on domestic violence and/or sexual assault.

$200,000/ 24 months

16) Training and Technical Assistance for Courts on Dating Violence

Provide specialized training and technical assistance for judges and court personnel on teen dating violence that addresses: identifying teen dating violence in the courts, understanding risk and dangerousness, issuing effective orders of protection for teen victims, “sexting” and electronic evidence, and holding teen offenders accountable while promoting rehabilitation and prioritizing victim safety.

$450,000/ 24 months

17) Visitation and Custody Determination in Family Courts

Provide targeted training and technical assistance to OVW grantees and subgrantees that promotes a domestic-violence-informed, multidisciplinary response by family courts to child visitation and custody determinations.

$200,000/ 24 months

18) Medical Forensic Exam Payment

Training and technical assistance for state, local, and tribal health care organizations, including health care providers, health care billing entities, and other health-care-focused entities on issues related to medical forensic exam payment, including, but not limited to, model billing practices, victim confidentiality and privacy, purpose and scope of medical forensic exams, and coordination with other entities around billing and payment, such as state victim’s compensation boards, state STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Administrators, and state coalitions.

$300,000/ 24 months

19) Campus Victim Services

Provide training and technical assistance to Campus Program grantees on developing effective victim services and advocacy programs for college students, including, but not limited to, capacity building, referral processes, collaborative victim service models with local victim services organizations, and training for campus advocates.

$500,000/ 36 months

20) Training and Technical Assistance to Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Provide culturally specific training and technical assistance to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Applicants must have extensive (five or more years) experience working with HBCUs and expertise working directly with institutions of higher education to address sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

$600,000/ 24 months

21) Mobilizing Men Provide training, technical assistance, and resources comprised of relevant information, latest research, and products/toolkits for those working to engage and mobilize men to address sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking in their communities. Proposed project should include training and technical assistance to address underserved communities, including tribal communities.

$500,000/ 24 months

22) Strangulation Provide training and technical assistance to OVW grantees and sub-granteees on identifying, investigating, and prosecuting strangulation cases.

$450,000/ 24 months

23) Youth Victims of Sex Trafficking

Provide specialized training and technical assistance to organizations serving youth victims (both foreign-born and domestic) of sex trafficking and sexual exploitation through commercial means or survival sex, including individuals involved in the juvenile criminal justice system.

$300,000/ 24 months

24) Family Justice Centers

Provide training and technical assistance on the implementation of multi-agency, multidisciplinary service center models designed to meet the needs of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking victims.

$400,000/ 24 months

25) Technology and Safety

Provide training and technical assistance for OVW grantees on the use/misuse of technology in sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking (including cyber stalking) cases.

$350,000/ 24 months

26) Building the Capacity of Deaf Organizations

Provide training and technical assistance to increase the capacity of Deaf organizations to address sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and/or stalking against individuals in the Deaf community.

$600,000/ 24 months

27) Human Trafficking Collaboration

Provide training and technical assistance to OVW grantees on the development and implementation of multi-disciplinary anti-human trafficking collaborative teams serving both foreign national and domestic human trafficking victims. Proposed projects must focus on the intersection of human trafficking with sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. Proposed projects should also include training and technical assistance specific to disciplines represented in the

$650,000/ 36 months multi-disciplinary teams on how to better identify and respond to human trafficking.

28) STOP Program Communities of Color

Provide training and technical assistance on culturally relevant services to STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program Administrators to enhance outreach and services to communities of color.

$450,000/ 24 months

29) Domestic Violence Homicide Reduction Model

Provide specialized training and technical assistance on the implementation of a multi-disciplinary model designed to address high-risk domestic violence cases as a way to reduce and prevent homicides.

$450,000/ 24 months

30) Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence in the African- American Community

Provide training and technical assistance to grantees across OVW programs on the implementation of culturally specific strategies and approaches addressing the needs of the Black/African American community. OVW is seeking to support a consortium of organizations that demonstrate expertise in working with programs serving the Black/African American community. One of the consortium partners must serve as the lead applicant. The consortium must have expertise in working with faith-based organizations and working at the intersections of race and other factors that cause marginalization (e.g. ethnicity, LGBT, disabilities, etc.)

$450,000/ 24 months

31) Culturally Specific Economic Justice

Provide training and technical assistance to culturally specific nonprofit organizations regarding the issues of safety and economic justice, including but not limited to, advocacy, equity and equitable access, mobility, sustainability of employment, credit issues, identity security, and self-sufficiency.

$400,000/ 24 months

32) Culturally Specific Technical Assistance to TA Providers Engaged in Projects Addressing the Needs of African American Survivors

Provide technical assistance to enhance the capacity of OVW TA providers engaged in projects focused on addressing the needs of African American survivors and communities. The project should foster partnerships within the community of TA providers to share resources, minimize duplicative activities, leverage each other’s expertise, and broaden the reach and capacity of individual projects/organizations. The lead applicant should have experience working in the African American community and in assisting other organizations to meet the needs of traditionally underserved communities.

$450,000/ 24 months

33) Technical Assistance for Latina-Serving Advocacy Organizations

Provide training and technical assistance to OVW grantees to build their capacity to serve Latina victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

$450,000/ 24 months

34) Technical Assistance for Asian and Pacific Islander- Serving Advocacy Organizations

Provide training and technical assistance to OVW grantees to build their capacity to serve Asian and Pacific Islander victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

$450,000/ 24 months

35) Leadership Education and Advancement for Professionals

Provide technical assistance and training to build the capacity of emerging executives and aspiring leaders working in sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking organizations that serve culturally specific communities.

$400,000/ 24 months

36) Organizational Capacity

Provide training and technical assistance to improve the organizational capacity of non-profit organizations, including victim service providers, to more effectively lead and partner in their communities. Applicants should identify specific topic areas on which they propose to focus. OVW may support multiple projects for this purpose area, and, if multiple projects are selected, OVW may ask selected applicants to collaborate with each other.

$450,000/ 24 months

37) Coalition Leadership Development

Provide training and technical assistance on the development of leadership in statewide sexual assault and domestic violence coalitions who will forge new and stronger alliances with underserved populations.

$400,000/ 24 months

38) Housing and Homeless Services for Sexual Assault Survivors

Provide training and technical assistance to improve coordination between sexual assault service providers and homeless service providers, including the following: training on the role that sexual assault victim service providers can play in the continuum of care in local communities;

integrating effective sexual assault assessments into the coordinated assessment/entry system; and developing protocols and guidelines for integrating responses to the safety concerns of survivors of sexual assault and their children throughout homeless response systems, including assessment, data collection, safety planning, supportive services, and appropriate access to safe shelter, transitional housing, and rapid-rehousing. A successful applicant must have expertise on housing for sexual assault survivors.

$400,000/ 36 months

39) Tribal Housing and Homeless Services for American

Provide training and technical assistance to improve coordination between domestic violence and sexual assault service providers and tribal housing agencies, including the following: training

$400,000/ 36 months

Indian and Alaska Native Survivors on the role that tribal victim service providers can play in the continuum of care in tribal communities;

integrating effective domestic violence and sexual assault assessments into the coordinated assessment/entry system; and developing protocols and guidelines for adressessing the safety concerns of individuals fleeing domestic violence or sexual assault and their children, including assessment, data collection, safety planning, supportive services, and appropriate access to safe shelter, transitional housing, and rapid-rehousing. A successful applicant must have expertise on housing for American Indian and Alaska Native survivors.

40) Development of Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls into Advocates

Provide training and technical assistance to train formerly incarcerated women and girls who are also victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking to become advocates, leaders, and trainers within their communities. The lead applicant must have direct experience working with formerly incarcerated women and girls, including victims of sex trafficking. This project must partner with formerly incarcerated women and girls or include a plan for how the applicant will partner with formerly incarcerated women and girls.

The project should also provide training to victim service providers on effectively supporting formerly incarcerated women and girls who are also victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking to become advocates.

$600,000/ 36 months

41) Rural Communities

Provide training and technical assistance for domestic violence and sexual assault programs serving rural communities.

$425,000/ 24 months

42) Batterer Intervention Programs

Provide basic and advanced batterers intervention training and technical assistance that includes organizing and convening training seminars on effective abuser intervention program practices and examination of a variety of existing and emerging models for promoting offender accountability in the criminal justice system. Training and technical assistance cannot focus on or promote a single model. The target audience should include interdisciplinary teams seeking to enhance their response in cases involving domestic violence and dating violence and integrate effective strategies for intervention with abusers.

$350,000/ 24 months

43) Criminal Justice Summit

Coordinate and facilitate a national convening of criminal justice officials who address sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, sex trafficking, and stalking to explore ways to advance

$250,000/ 24 months collaboration between criminal justice systems, support new innovative approaches, and promote officer and victim safety and offender accountability. Activities must include logistics, recruiting subject-matter experts, providing scholarships for attendees, and developing curriculum and training materials. The selected applicant must provide a report on the outcomes of the summit, as well as propose post-summit technical assistance.

FY 2018 Competitive Comprehensive Technical Assistance Purpose Areas Due to limited funding availability, some OVW grant programs can support only one-year Competitive Comprehensive Technical Assistance awards while others can support multiple-year awards.

Applications for Competitive Comprehensive Technical Assistance for purpose areas other than those listed below will be removed from consideration. OVW will make only one award for each Competitive Comprehensive purpose area.

FY 2018 Competitive Comprehensive Technical Assistance Purpose Areas Purpose

Area Purpose Area Content Budget Cap

44) Training and Technical Assistance for Law Enforcement on Sexual Assault

Provide comprehensive training and technical assistance on sexual assault for law enforcement, including patrol officers, detectives, sergeants, and lieutenants. Technical assistance may also include addressing the intersection of human trafficking and sexual assault.

$750,000/ 24 months

45) Comprehensive for the STOP Formula Grant Program

Provide comprehensive training and technical assistance for the STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program. Proposals must address how project activities will support state administering agencies and STOP subrecipients.

Proposals must address all program statutory purpose areas. Technical assistance activities must address substantive topics and grants administration.

$2,000,000/ 24 months

46) Comprehensive for the Tribal Coalitions Grant Program

Provide comprehensive training and technical assistance to OVW Tribal Coalitions Program grantees. Proposals must address all program statutory purpose areas, organizational capacity, outreach strategies, and topics related to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking of American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls.

$500,000/ 24 months

47) Sex Trafficking of American Indians and Alaska Natives

Provide comprehensive basic and advanced training and technical assistance on sex trafficking in Indian county. The proposed project should focus on victim safety, offender accountability, and service provider and justice system response. Partnerships are highly encouraged to fully meet the range of expertise needed for this project. The lead applicant or one of the project partners should have expertise in the intersection of sex trafficking and “missing and murdered” persons. Deliverables must include development of resources and holding an annual national tribal sexual trafficking conference.

$800,000/ 36 months

48) Campus Law Enforcement

Provide comprehensive training and technical assistance to Campus Program grantees on effective, trauma- informed campus law enforcement response to and investigation of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

$600,000/ 36 months

49) Comprehensive for the Consolidated Youth Grant Program

Provide comprehensive, culturally relevant training and technical assistance to Consolidated Youth and Engaging Men Program grantees on how to develop and enhance the capacity of communities to address the needs of children and youth who are exposed to or victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking through a continuum of efforts that includes: prevention and outreach; direct victim services; school-based policy development and effective responses; and the mobilization of men as allies to end violence against women and girls.

$700,000/ 12 months

FY 2018 Non-Competitive Comprehensive Technical Assistance Purpose Areas For continuation of the following Non-Competitive Comprehensive Technical Assistance projects, the amount of funding available is determined by the “source” program(s), the statutory cap on the amount that can be set aside from the source program(s), and the expected scope of work. Applicants should work with their OVW program specialist to determine the budget amount and project period.

FY 2018 Non-Competitive Comprehensive Technical Assistance Purpose Areas Abuse in Later Life National Resource Center

Comprehensive for the Enhanced Training and Services to End Violence and Abuse of Women Later in Life Grant Program

Comprehensive for the Transitional Housing Grant Program Disability and Deaf National Resource Center

Comprehensive for the Disability Grant Program Comprehensive for the Culturally Specific Services Grant Program

Comprehensive for the Justice for Families Grant Program Comprehensive Training and Technical Assistance to Judges

Domestic Violence Homicide Prevention Demonstration Technical Assistance Comprehensive for the Training and Technical Assistance Initiative Program

Domestic Violence and Firearms Resource Center Firearms Pilot Project

Full Faith & Credit National Resource Center Family Court Enhancement Project

Comprehensive for Prosecutors Domestic Violence and Housing Technical Assistance Consortium

Mandatory Program Requirements All applicants for the FY 2018 TA Initiative must include a planning period with their OVW program specialist and project partners. The planning period must be incorporated in the project timeline under the Project Narrative “What Will Be Done” section.

Activities that Compromise Victim Safety and Recovery and Undermine Offender Accountability The following activities have been found to jeopardize victim safety, deter or prevent physical or emotional healing for victims, or allow offenders to escape responsibility for their actions:

1. Procedures or policies that exclude victims from receiving safe shelter, advocacy services, counseling, and other assistance based on their actual or perceived sex, age, immigration status, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, mental health condition, physical health condition, criminal record, work in the sex industry, or the age and/or gender of their children;1

2. Procedures or policies that compromise the confidentiality of information and/or privacy of persons receiving OVW-funded services;

3. Procedures or policies that require victims to take certain actions (e.g., seek an order of protection, receive counseling, participate in couples counseling or mediation, report to law enforcement, seek civil or criminal remedies, etc.) in order to receive services;

4. Procedures or policies that fail to include conducting safety planning with victims;

5. Project designs and budgets that fail to account for the access needs of individuals with disabilities, with limited English proficiency, or who are Deaf or hard of hearing;

6. Partnering with individuals or organizations that support/promote practices that compromise victim safety and/or minimize offender accountability;

7. Training and technical assistance that does not reflect an understanding of violence against women and the experiences of survivors;

8. Training and technical assistance that fails to incorporate the experiences and unique needs of underserved communities; and

9. Training and technical assistance that includes/promotes practices that re-victimize survivors.

This list is not exhaustive. Applications that propose any activities that compromise victim safety and recovery or undermine offender accountability may receive a deduction in points during the review process or may be eliminated from consideration entirely.

1If an award is made, the recipient will also be subject to statutory prohibitions on discrimination. For further information on these civil rights requirements, see the section "Violence Against Women Act Non-Discrimination Provision” under “F. Federal Award Administration Information.”

Out-of-Scope Activities OVW has determined the activities listed below to be out of the program scope, and they will not be supported by TA Initiative funding.

1. Research projects (This does not include program assessments conducted only for internal improvement purposes. See “Research and Protection of Human Subjects” in the Solicitation Companion Guide).

2. Direct victim services and justice system interventions: OVW’s TA Initiative funds are intended to support educational and training opportunities, advice, and guidance for current and potential OVW grantees and sub-grantees. They are not meant to support law enforcement activities, legal representation, direct services, or other interventions.

3. Technical assistance focused on a single state, region, or local geographic community, unless specified in the purpose areas.

Applications that propose activities that are deemed to be substantially out-of-scope may receive a deduction in points during the review process or may be eliminated from consideration entirely.

Unallowable Activities OVW has determined the activities listed below to be unallowable, and they will not be supported by TA Initiative funding.

1. Lobbying;

2. Fundraising;

3. Purchase of real property;

4. Physical modifications to buildings, including minor renovations (such as painting or carpeting); and

5. Construction.

Applicants that propose unallowable activities may receive a deduction in points during the review process or may be eliminated from consideration entirely.

An application that is deemed deficient in more than one of the aforementioned categories (activities that compromise victim safety, out-of-scope activities, unallowable activities) may not be considered for funding.

B. Federal Award Information Availability of Funds All awards are subject to the availability of appropriated funds and any modifications or additional requirements that may be imposed by law. There is no guarantee that funds will be available in the future. Therefore, OVW encourages applicants to develop a plan to sustain project activities if federal funding through this program ceases to be available. In addition, Targeted and Comprehensive Technical Assistance applications that require continuation funding in order to complete project activities may receive a deduction in points or be removed from further consideration during programmatic review. Also, OVW may elect to make awards in a future fiscal year for applications submitted under this solicitation but not selected for FY 2018 funding, depending on the merits of the applications and on the availability of funding.

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Award Period The award period indicated with each purpose area is OVW's best estimate for solicitation purposes. OVW has the discretion to make awards for greater or lesser lengths of time and will negotiate any project activity modifications needed as a result of changes to the estimated award period.

FY 2018 Targeted Technical Assistance Purpose Areas The award period is determined by the complexity of the project and available funds.

Budgets must reflect the project period listed for each targeted purpose area, and the total “estimated funding” on the SF-424 must reflect the total amount for the project period.

Generally, the award period will start on October 1, 2018.

Note: Please refer to the FY 2018 Targeted Technical Assistance Purpose Areas chart for guidance on the award period for each purpose area.

FY 2018 Competitive Comprehensive Technical Assistance Purpose Areas The award period is determined by the complexity of the project and available funds. Award periods for these cooperative agreements will generally be 12, 24, or 36 months.

Budgets must reflect the project period listed for each Competitive Comprehensive purpose area, and the total “estimated funding” on the SF-424 must reflect the total amount for the project period. Generally, the award period will start on October 1, 2018.

Note: some comprehensive technical assistance awards will be made for shorter or longer duration(s) depending on the amount of technical assistance funding available under the source program(s).

Note: Please refer to the FY 2018 Competitive Comprehensive Technical Assistance Purpose Areas chart for guidance on the award period for each purpose area.

FY 2018 Non-Competitive Comprehensive Technical Assistance Purpose Areas Technical assistance projects designated by OVW as eligible for non-competitive supplemental funding in FY 2018 will receive a separate email invitation from OVW to apply for a supplemental award. Non-Competitive Comprehensive applications must be submitted through this solicitation by the deadline of February 15, 2018. Award periods will range from 12 to 36 months and will depend on the number of months remaining in the organization’s five-year comprehensive technical assistance provider designation, the availability of funding from the source program(s), and the applicant’s past performance as a comprehensive technical assistance Provider.

Note: Each comprehensive provider should work with its OVW program specialist to determine the length of their supplemental award.

Award Amounts Applicants should not exceed the award amounts listed in this solicitation and should carefully consider the resources needed to successfully implement the proposed project.

In FY 2018, OVW has identified the funding available for each purpose area. Applicants should adjust their funding requests accordingly. Applications exceeding the identified budget cap for an individual purpose area may receive point deductions during the review process.

Applicants should carefully consider the resources needed to successfully implement the proposed project and present a realistic budget that accurately reflects project costs. OVW has limited funds available to support technical assistance, and, therefore, all applicants should be mindful and carefully consider all costs when developing their proposed budgets.

OVW has the discretion to award grants for greater or lesser amounts than requested and to negotiate the scope of work and budget with applicants prior to awarding a grant.

The TA Initiative typically makes awards in the range of $200,000 - $2,000,000. OVW estimates that it will make up to 65 awards for an estimated $30,000,000.

Awards will be made as cooperative agreements. Cooperative agreements are a form of award for which OVW expects to have ongoing substantial involvement in award activities. For this program, the substantial involvement includes, but is not limited to, participating in project meetings, developing agendas and approving final agendas, reviewing and approving faculty, products, and curriculum, and identifying participants for training and technical assistance activities.

Note: OVW strives to deliver training and technical assistance that reflects current research on effectively responding to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, and the needs of OVW grantees and sub-grantees. Applicants should be prepared to exercise flexibility in project implementation and direction throughout their awards.

Types of Applicants In FY 2018, OVW will accept applications for the TA Initiative from the following:

New: applicants that have never received funding under the TA Initiative or current and former recipients of training and technical assistance awards that propose to address a purpose area included in the FY 2018 TA Initiative solicitation for which they have not previously received funding.

Continuation: applicants that have an existing or recently closed (within the last 12 months) award under the TA Initiative for a purpose area included in the FY 2018 TA Initiative solicitation for which they will be submitting an application, including applicants submitting an application for a non-competitive comprehensive purpose area.

Additionally, current grantees with a substantial (over 60%) amount of funds remaining at the time of application submission for the specific purpose area and without adequate justification may not be considered for funding, or may receive a reduced award amount if selected for funding in FY 2018.

C. Eligibility Information Eligible Applicants It is very important that applicants review this information carefully. Applications that are submitted by ineligible entities or that do not meet all program eligibility requirements will not be considered for funding.

Eligible Entities Eligible entities for this program are national, tribal, statewide, or other nonprofit organizations.

Eligible applicants must have the capacity to provide training and technical assistance on a national level. In rare circumstances, OVW may support institutions of higher education; state, local, or tribal governments or governmental agencies (e.g., police departments, prosecutor’s offices, or probation departments); or local non-profit organizations.